[tarmand]

Thanks so much, John. You seem to be an expert on this so help me with this: In your earlier post you said that the continuous wind reported at TPL was 10kts from NNE on 9/1. When you search the tabular data for 9/1 that is what it says. But when you click on the WSPD graph for the last 5 days, you clearly see the 20kt + conditions I encountered on 9/1. Do you know the difference between the tabular data and the graphic data?

See link for chart:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_param.phtml?$station=tplm2$wspd$E